The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

The UK is activating laws to criminalise AI-generated deepfakes following a crackdown on Elon Musk's Grok. Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned X could lose its self-regulatory status if it fails to curb digital abuse.

Former UK ambassador to the US’s apology to Epstein’s victims comes after he declined to do so in an interview over the weekend

Sales of clothes and computers fall, but discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl enjoy bumper trading

Acting British ambassador James Kariuki says Putin ‘claims to want peace and yet his actions tell a different story’

US president urged ‘Iranian patriots’ to ‘keep protesting and take over your institutions’

Sephora is scheduled to open its first store on the island of Ireland, in Belfast's Victoria Square on 12 February. The new 2,550-square foot “beauty playground” will be the retailer's 13th store in the UK. It will introduce several internet-viral beauty brands, including Hailey Bieber’s rhode and Lady Gaga’s Haus…

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology did not specify which day it would come into effect.

Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says

Zoopla weighed up factors such as the affordability of homes, the time to sell and the number of asking price reductions in postal areas